2005 COTTON RESEARCH PROJECTS 

NORTH CAROLINA COTTON RESEARCH PROJECTS AT NCSU - 2005

A total of $230,383 has been granted for the following cotton research projects in cooperation with NCSU with monies generated through the state suppor funding from the Cotton Board administered through Cotton Incorporated, the NC Cotton Producers Assn., and tthe NC General Assembly by the Cotton Research Committee of the NC Cotton Producers Association, Inc. 

CROP SCIENCE

• Weed Management Systems in North Carolina Cotton
  A. York $14,475 (State Support)
• Production of 2006 Cotton Information, AG-417
  K. Edmisten $8,000 (IQ)
• Develoment of High Yielding, High Quality Cotton Varieties for North Carolina
  D. Bowman $10,000 (State Support)
• Cotton and Plant Growth Regulators: Does the Benefit Outweigh the Cost? Which PGRs are Profitable?
  K. Edmisten $10,855 (State Support)
• Efficacy and Economics of Liberty Link Weed Management Systems
  A. York $14,969 (State Support)
• Using Radiolabeled Glyphosphate to Elucidate Physiological Contributions to Yield
  J. Wilcut $14,700 (State Support)

• Agronomic and Economic Evaluations of Defoliation Timing on Early, Medium, and Late Maturing Varieties
  K. Edmisten $11,200 (State Support)
• Effects of Environment and Management on the Distribution of Radiolabeled Glyphosate Cotton
  J. Wilcut $14,200 (State Support)
• Late Season Weed Interference and Management
  M. Burton $14,594 (State Support)
• The Effects of Nitrogen Rates and Plant Growth Regulators Applied to an Elite Cotton Variety
  K. Edmisten $14,000 (Cotton Producers)
• Evaluation of Defoliation and Nitrogen Fertilization in Fifteen-Inch Cotton
  K. Edmisten $11,594 ($11,000 Cotton Producers and $594 IQ)
• Weed Management in Cotton with Alternatives to Roundup (Glyphosate)
  J. Wilcut $14,500 (State Support)
• Weed Management Evaluations in Liberty Link, Roundup Ready Flex, & Non-transgenic Cotton
  J. Wilcut $14,700 (State Support)
• Management Studies in Narrow-roe, Spindle-Picked Cotton
  A. York $14,700 (State Support)

PLANT PATHOLOGY

• Rotations for Management of Root-Knot Nematode in Cotton
  S.R. Koenning $8,200 (State Support)
• Management of Sting and Columbia Lance Nematode with Tolerant Varieties and Nematicides
  S.R. Koenning $6,900 (State Support)
• Rotations for Management of Reniform Nematode with Peanut and Soybean in Cotton
  S.R. Koenning $5,000 (Cotton Producers) (CIPM Project)
• Cotton Seed Pool - $6,090
  SE Plant Bug Regional Project $21,736.59